Storage Management Services: Case Studies
- 7-Eleven, Inc.
- 7-Eleven is known for its innovative use of technology. The company originally turned to EDS in 1991 to support its dynamic merchandising programs and unique distribution model. Today, EDS helps the retail giant maintain its market dominance by managing the critical apps that keep it going 24/7 and providing best-in-class order management.
- Australian Taxation Office (Infrastructure Modernization)
- The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) wanted to ensure consistent customer service during the peak tax filing periods that have historically challenged its infrastructure and system process capacity. With Internet tax filing becoming more popular, the agency also wanted to migrate its core business applications to the Web without impacting daily business.
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts' technology infrastructure could no longer effectively accommodate its rapidly growing data-storage needs. So, the company looked to EDS to implement a storage solution.
- California State Automobile Association (CSAA) ROI
- The California State Automobile Association (CSAA) wanted to reduce costs and improve customer satisfaction with automated self-service capabilities. EDS helped optimize and consolidate critical applications to increase productivity and ensure a smooth transition.
- EDS (Enterprise Labs)
- Enterprise Labs had reached the capacity limits of its facilities. The team initiated an aggressive virtualization program, renovating a lab into a virtualization center capable of hosting 5,000 virtual servers.
- Federal Civilian Agency
- Determined to enhance its standing on the President’s Management Agenda and improve service to citizens, this federal civilian agency looked to EDS to deliver an end-to-end solution to help the agency not only achieve its goal, but surpass it.
- GETRAG
- GETRAG, the world’s largest independent manufacturer of transmissions, wanted to extend its IT infrastructure to three new Slovakian partners. During the project, GETRAG expanded the scope of the engagement to include enterprise-wide upgrades.
- Government Department
- When a government department wanted to launch a massive, multiyear transformation program, EDS helped realign a complex IT architecture into a best-in-class modernized service tower-based infrastructure – improving productivity, enhancing performance and generating substantial savings.
- Hidroeléctrica del Cantábrico
- To maintain focus on strategy and business development in a newly deregulated Spanish energy market, Hidroeléctrica del Cantábrico chose EDS as its technology partner in 1998. The results of our long-term collaboration: a flexible, highly scalable IT environment able to keep up with the utility’s rapid growth.
- Leading Health Insurance Provider
- When this leading health insurance provider decided it needed disaster recovery and business continuity operations, EDS and alliance partner EMC designed an innovative dual-purpose strategy: leverage its existing data operations to serve its business continuity needs and enhance functionality.
- Mövenpick
- Mövenpick, a Switzerland-based multinational holding company, wanted to ensure ironclad protection of its important operational data stored locally on mobile computing devices. So it turned to IT partner EDS.
- Service Alberta
- A printable overview of how EDS helped Service Alberta minimize costs and speed service by developing a multichannel infrastructure that enables citizens to conduct transactions online and supporting an integrated network of convenient storefront locations for those without computer access.
- Solutia
- When it came time to find new, innovative ways to lower enterprisewide expenses and improve business processes, Solutia collaborated with its trusted IT provider, EDS.
- Solutia (Centralized Messaging)
- With its global applied chemicals business growing more complex, Solutia Inc. decided that centralizing employee communication and collaboration worldwide would help better focus and simplify operations. IT partner EDS helped make it happen.
- Thomas Built Buses
- Recently, Thomas Built Buses has moved toward an increasingly integrated technology environment. When upgrades to the company’s server architecture could not keep pace with data storage needs, EDS found a better solution. And when the company needed improved technology to facilitate the production of an innovative product, the EDS team was there.
- VicRoads
- VicRoads wanted a flexible, innovative IT partner to help upgrade and manage the aging platform supporting its Vehicle Registration and Driver Licensing (R&L) services. It called on EDS to quickly upgrade systems and seamlessly move infrastructure.
- Visanet
- With EDS' help, Visanet processes more than 2 billion transactions a year. Visanet was formed in 1996 to handle all Visa credit and debit card transactions in Brazil. From the beginning, the company teamed with EDS to provide a comprehensive, industry-best outsourcing solution, from fast, reliable and secure transaction processing to call center support.